Departure of Chesapeake CEO McClendon Signals New Era in Natural Gas

Aubrey McClendon, who helped turn Chesapeake Energy into the second largest producer of natural gas in the United States with the rights to drill for oil and gas in more than 16 million acres of land across several states, has agreed to retire on April 1st. He will stay with the company until a successor […]

GE Dives into AMI Fray with On-Ramp Wireless

While General Electric has been a part of the smart meter business for a long time now, most of the communications in the devices have used networks built by others. GE has recently launched its own advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) communications network, using San Diego startup On-Ramp Wireless as the networker. On-Ramp Wireless will provide […]